12:13 AM,
Apr. 26, 2013

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People should be able to have a drink with their Sunday morning brunch the day after the Kentucky Derby under a measure the Louisville Metro Council approved Thursday night.

The early Sunday sales, starting at 10 a.m., generated some opposition among the council members, who approved the measure 16-7. Foes expressed concern about setting a precedent to liberalize other alcohol regulations and cited what they viewed as existing problems related to drunken driving and illegal teen alcohol consumption.

Council members who voted against the measure were Attica Scott, D-1st District; ...